Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported a solid first quarter with positive developments in all three Business Areas despite a challenging market environment. First quarter operating income increased 42 percent to €306 million, reflecting the ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has planted the first lot of trees to start the “Axalta Forest” in Jiangjiakou City, Hebei Province, setting down the roots for a better environment in China and enabled itself be part of the local ...
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Dow Coating Materials has introduced PARALOID Edge Isocyanate-Free1 Technology, which extends pot life while maintaining quick cure. The ambient crosslinking technology was unveiled this week at the 2015 European Coatings Show in Nuremberg, ...
The Sherwin-Williams Company announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Compared to the same period in 2014, consolidated net sales increased $83.7 million, or 3.5%, to $2.45 billion in the quarter due ...
Based on the information released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, we can see that China’s coatings market in 2014 grew by around eight percent last year over 2013. And the fact that China’s architectural coatings ...
Effective immediately, BASF and Neuss/Germany-based Gustav Grolman GmbH & Co. KG will start an exclusive collaboration in the marketing of amine-based curing agents of the Baxxodur® brand in Europe. Grolman will initially market the ...
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Axalta Coating Systems and the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co Ltd. (CNHTC), a leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer, have partnered to demonstrate high performance trucks painted with Axalta’s Imron Elite environmentally ...
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Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will introduce CoatOSil FLX coating modifier at the European Coatings Show (ECS) April 21-23 in Nuremburg, Germany. This new modifier can improve the flexibility of a final coating system without the ...
Praxair, Inc. has announced that its Praxair Surface Technologies coating service center in Changzhou, China, recently received Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) accreditation for coatings. Nadcap ...
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After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
Valspar Corporation has opened a new advanced manufacturing center in Tianjin, China to serve customers with a wide range of innovative paints and coatings products. "Valspar has experienced strong growth in China as customer demand for ...
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During the European Coatings SHOW 2015, Sun Chemical will present an original scientific paper at the Coatings Congress and two additional presentations about metallic pigments for automotive and architectural coatings. The original ...
Rust-Oleum launches 11 new game-changing products for exterior wood care category. Rust-Oleum Corporation introduces an enhanced line of deck coatings under the Rust-Oleum Restore brand. The new products simplify the deck refinishing ...
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The Radiation Curing Program (RCP) has announced that John J. Stancampiano is the first to earn an Advance Certificate in Radiation Curingfrom the State University of New York (SUNY). This certificate is a graduate-level online program ...
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Lubrizol Corporation's performance coatings business has expanded capacity and increased manufacturing efficiencies at its solvent acrylics production facility in Sant Cugat (Barcelona), Spain. Solvent acrylic resin technology for ...
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